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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 15, 1905
Died
March 4, 1981
Place of Birth
Bombay, British India, India
Also Known As
- Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher
- Lt. Torin Thatcher R.A.
- T. Atkinson
- Торин Тэтчер
- 托林·撒切尔
Torin Thatcher
1.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Torin Thatcher (15 January 1905 - 4 March 1981) was an English actor born in Bombay, British India, India), to English parents. He was an imposing, powerfully built figure noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains. He was educated in England at Bedford School and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked as a schoolmaster before first appearing on the London stage in 1927 and then entering British films in 1934. He appeared in the 1937 Old Vic stage production of Hamlet, in which Laurence Olivier made his first appearance in the title role, opposite Vivien Leigh as Ophelia. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Thatcher appeared in classic British films of the late 1930s and 1940s, including Major Barbara (1941) and Great Expectations (1946), in which he played Bentley Drummle. He moved to Hollywood in the 1950s. He was constantly in demand, invariably lending his looming figure and baleful countenance to sinister or stern roles in popular costume thrillers such as The Crimson Pirate (1952), Blackbeard the Pirate (1952), The Robe (1953) (as the disapproving father of Richard Burton's character), The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), Helen of Troy (1956), Darby's Rangers (1958), and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He also appeared in the Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard 1962 remake of Mutiny on the Bounty. He returned to the stage quite frequently, notably on Broadway, in such esteemed productions as Edward, My Son (1948), That Lady (1949) and Billy Budd (1951). In 1959, he portrayed Captain Keller in the award-winning play The Miracle Worker with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. All of these plays were filmed, but Thatcher did not appear in the movie versions. Also a steady fixture on television, he appeared in such made-for-TV films as adaptations of A. J. Cronin's Beyond This Place (1957) and The Citadel (1960),Bonanza(1961), and Brenda Starr (1976). He also played the title role in a Philco Television Playhouse version of Othello and acted in a CBS production of Beyond This Place (1957). Thatcher died of cancer on March 4, 1981, in Thousand Oaks, California, in the Los Angeles area.
Known For
7.2
Petrocelli
1974
6.9
Search
1972
7.8
Captain of the Lusitania (segment "Lone Survivor")
Night Gallery
1970
6.7
Dr. Berger
Land of the Giants
1968
6.6
Sir Turnbull
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1968
6.2
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
6.5
Captain Cullen
The King's Pirate
1967
6.3
Reverend Thorn
Hawaii
1966
7.6
Archbishop Djelvas
Mission: Impossible
1966
7.6
General Rados Adolph Gollan
Mission: Impossible
1966
Credits
Petrocelli
1974
7.2
Search
1972
6.9
Night Gallery
as Captain of the Lusitania (segment "Lone Survivor")
1970
7.8
Land of the Giants
as Dr. Berger
1968
6.7
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Sir Turnbull
1968
6.6
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
6.2
The King's Pirate
as Captain Cullen
1967
6.5
Hawaii
as Reverend Thorn
1966
6.3
Mission: Impossible
as Archbishop Djelvas
1966
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as General Rados Adolph Gollan
1966
7.6
The Time Tunnel
as Dr. Everett Holland
1966
7.6
Star Trek
as Marplon
1966
8.0
Get Smart
1965
7.9
Lost in Space
as The Space Trader
1965
7.1
The Sandpiper
as le juge Thompson
1965
6.3
The Holy Terror
as Dr. Poole
1965
0.0
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Sewall
1964
5.0
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Cannon
1964
5.0
Daniel Boone
as President John Adams
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Cyrus Blake / Enoch Blake
1964
7.0
Hell of Borneo
as Mr. Bellflower
1964
5.0
🎬
Decision at Midnight
1963
6.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
The Great Adventure
as General Howe
1963
0.0
The Great Adventure
as Colonel Lewis Washington
1963
0.0
Drums of Africa
as Jack Cuortemayn
1963
2.3
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Staines
1962
7.0
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Alva Hardwicke
1962
7.8
Jack the Giant Killer
as Pendragon
1962
6.5
The Canadians
as Superintendent Walker
1961
6.5
Thriller
as Jeremy Teal
1960
6.6
The Citadel
as Sir Robert Abbey
1960
0.0
Adventures in Paradise
as Michael Cameron
1959
5.7
One Step Beyond
as Earl of Culdane
1959
5.6
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
as Sokurah the Magician
1958
6.9
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
as King Bendigo
1958
0.0
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
Darby's Rangers
as Sergeant McTavish
1958
5.9
Witness for the Prosecution
as Mr. Myers
1957
8.2
DuPont Show of the Month
as Rees Mathry
1957
6.8
Perry Mason
as Walter Frazer
1957
7.7
Band of Angels
as Capt. Canavan
1957
6.2
Istanbul
as Douglas Fielding
1957
6.0
So Soon to Die
as Inspector Galloway
1957
0.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Ab Richards
1956
6.0
The Deadly Riddle
as The Red Knight
1956
0.0
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Helen of Troy
as Ulysses
1956
6.2
Diane
as Louis - Count de Breze
1956
5.8
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as Lord Godwin
1955
5.3
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Constable Johnson
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Felix Edward Manbridge
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as John Tyson
1955
6.6
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
as Humphrey Palmer-Jones
1955
6.0
The Millionaire
as Max MacIntyre
1955
5.0
Bengal Brigade
as Colonel Morrow
1954
5.3
Climax!
as John Philippson
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Fred Beresford
1954
3.3
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Sir James
1954
6.2
Knock on Wood
as Godfrey Langston
1954
6.6
The Robe
as Sen. Gallio
1953
6.8
Houdini
as Otto
1953
6.5
The Desert Rats
as Col. Barney White
1953
6.3
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Sir Henry Morgan
1952
5.9
The Crimson Pirate
as Humble Bellows
1952
7.0
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Johnson
1952
5.9
Affair in Trinidad
as Inspector Smythe
1952
6.3
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. Poole
1951
8.6
The Black Rose
as Harry
1950
6.6
Now Barabbas
as Customs Officer
1949
6.5
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Colonel Ker
1948
4.7
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Othello
1948
6.3
The Fallen Idol
as Policeman
1948
7.2
The End of the River
as Lisboa
1947
5.0
🎬
When The Bough Breaks
as Adams
1947
6.3
Jassy
as Bob Wicks
1947
5.4
The Man Within
as Jailer
1947
5.7
Great Expectations
as Bentley Drummle
1946
7.3
I See a Dark Stranger
as Police Constable
1946
6.4
The Captive Heart
as Repatriation Official (uncredited)
1946
6.2
The Next of Kin
as German General
1942
5.1
Saboteur
as Man (uncredited)
1942
6.9
Major Barbara
as Todger Fairmile
1941
6.7
Gasbags
as SS Man
1941
5.5
Saloon Bar
as Mr. Garrod
1940
6.4
The Case of the Frightened Lady
as Jim Tilling, the Groundsman
1940
6.3
Night Train to Munich
1940
7.3
Let George Do It!
as U-Boat Commander
1940
6.1
Law and Disorder
as Karl Bergsen
1940
5.5
Contraband
as Sailor
1940
7.1
The Lion Has Wings
as Seaman Receiving Information About German Activity
1939
6.2
🎬
The Kindled Flame
as Festus
1939
0.0
🎬
Old Mother Riley, MP
as Jack Nelson
1939
5.6
The Spy in Black
as Submarine Officer
1939
6.4
Climbing High
as Jim Castle
1938
6.2
Young and Innocent
as Nobby's Lodging House Caretaker (uncredited)
1937
6.6
Sabotage
as Mr. Verloc's Visitor (uncredited)
1937
6.7
Crime Over London
1936
6.0
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
as Observer
1936
5.8
🎬
The Common Round
as Martin
1936
0.0
Drake of England
1935
6.8
Red Wagon
as Eddie Prince
1933
0.0